Tag: Georg Friedrich Händel

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John Walsh (ed.) | The Lady’s Entertainment | Books III, IV & V (c1709-1734)

The 3d Book of the Ladys Entertainment or Banquet of Musick, Being A Choice Collection of the most Celebrated Aires and Duets In the Opera’s of Pyrrhus and Clotilda, Curiously Set and Fitted to the Harpsichord or Spinnet: With their Symphonys introduc’d in a Compleat manner by M. Wm. Babel. ¤ The 4th Book of the Ladys Entertainment or Banquet of Musick Being a Choice … Continue reading John Walsh (ed.) | The Lady’s Entertainment | Books III, IV & V (c1709-1734)

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John Walsh (ed.) | The 5th Book of the Lady’s Entertainment (c1734)

Full title: The Lady’s Entertainment. Fifth book. Being a Collection of the most Favourite Aires from the late Operas, Set for the harpsicord or spinnet, to which is prefix’d the Celebrated Organ Concerto compos’d by Mr. Handel. Original edition restored by Atelier Philidor ¤ Instrumentation: harpsichord or spinett ¤ Edition | Source: Facsimile (2026) | John Walsh, London, ca. 1734 ¤ Pages | Format: 1 book, … Continue reading John Walsh (ed.) | The 5th Book of the Lady’s Entertainment (c1734)

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Georg Friedrich Händel | Six fugues or voluntarys for the organ or harpsicord (1735)

The Six Fugues or Voluntarys – so called because they are ‘apt for’ harpsichord or organ – were published fifteen years later than the Suites, when Händel was fifty. However, they were probably written around 1716/7 and are all classically Baroque fugues in four parts, tonallybased on the Classical Baroque hierarchy of keys – tonic, dominant, subdominant, relative and (less frequently) mediant. They can hardly … Continue reading Georg Friedrich Händel | Six fugues or voluntarys for the organ or harpsicord (1735)

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